What Is the Most Common Way to Name a Geologic

question 29

Multiple Choice

What is the most common way to name a geologic period?

• A) by the name of the place where rocks of that period were first described
• B) by the name of the tectonic continent that existed at that time
• C) by the name of the scientist who first defined that period
• D) by the name of the metamorphic processes that were occurring at that time

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